姻 (yīn): marriage connections
姻 (yīn) is a Chinese character meaning “marriage connections.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (structural) and 因 (structural). It ranks #1979 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 姻 a woman 女 related by 因 marriage. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- marriage connections
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA woman 女 related by 因 marriage
Decomposition: ⿰女因 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 姻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联姻verb | lián yīn | related by marriage |
| 姻缘noun | yīn yuán | a marriage predestined by fate |
| 姻亲noun | yīn qīn | relation by marriage |
| 婚姻法noun | hūn yīn fǎ | marriage law |
| 事实婚姻noun | shì shí hūn yīn | de facto marriage |
| 婚姻调解 | hūn yīn tiáo jiě | marriage counseling |
| 前世姻缘 | qián shì yīn yuán | a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) |
| 包办婚姻noun | bāo bàn hūn yīn | forced marriage |
| 婚姻介绍所noun | hūn yīn jiè shào suǒ | marriage agency |
| 露水姻缘 | lù shuǐ yīn yuán | casual romance |
姻 appears in 11 compound words: 18 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 45 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 姻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这位姻士穿着得体，举止优雅大方。
zhè wèi yīn shì chuān zhe dé tī , jǔ zhǐ yōu yǎ dà fāng .
This gentleman was well-dressed and carried himself with grace and poise.
杨千霈断开8年婚姻燃爱苗 帅哥新欢背景遭起底
yáng qiān 霈 duàn kāi 8 nián hūn yīn rán ài miáo shuài gē xīn huān bèi jǐng zāo qǐ de
Chin-pei Yang Ends 8-Year Marriage and Sparks New Romance; Background of Her Handsome New Boyfriend Revealed
...成昌与黄梓玮竟被误认做夫妻 男方拥美满婚姻原来全靠“忍”
. . . chéng chāng yǔ huáng 梓 玮 jìng bèi wù rèn zuò fū qī nán fāng yōng měi mǎn hūn yīn yuán lái quán kào rěn
...Cheng Chang and Huang Ziwei were mistaken for a married couple; it turns out the man’s happy marriage is all down to “patience”
渲染“婚姻恐惧”? 脱口秀又出事,小帕遭微博禁言
渲 rǎn hūn yīn kǒng jù ? tuō kǒu xiù yòu chū shì , xiǎo pà zāo wēi bó jīn yán
Rendering "marriage fear"? The talk show had another accident, and Xiao Pa was banned from Weibo
...人卫生超差脚板底现黑垢 粉丝劝重新考虑婚姻
. . . rén wèi shēng chāo chā jiǎo bǎn de xiàn hēi 垢 fěn sī quàn chóng xīn kǎo lǜ hūn yīn
... Human hygiene is super poor, and black dirt appears on the soles of the feet, and fans advise to reconsider marriage
44岁黄榕盼马年有好姻缘 做人版助OL操Fit Body 尹蓁...
4 4 suì huáng 榕 pàn mǎ nián yǒu hǎo yīn yuán zuò rén bǎn zhù O L cāo F i t B o d y 尹 蓁 . . .
44-year-old Huang Rong hopes that there will be a good marriage in the Year of the Horse, and the human version helps the OL to fuck Fit Body Yin Zhen...
他的婚姻观很畸形。
Tā de hūnyīn guān hěn jīxíng.
His view on marriage is abnormal.
能告诉我你的婚姻状况吗？
Néng gàosu wǒ nǐ de hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng ma?
Can you tell me about your marital status?
祝你们婚姻长长久久、永浴爱河。
Zhù nǐmen hūnyīn cháng chángjiǔ jiǔ, yǒng yù àihé.
I wish you a long and happy married life.
不要问她任何有关婚姻的问题。
Bù yào wèn tā rènhé yǒuguān hūnyīn de wèntí.
Don't ask her any questions about her marriage.
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